The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-27

Hundreds of Dollars to the Golfers Of
Americas Merchants "A Negro Buys
a Trunk for ST. SO and Finds in ii
400 Worth of Straw Hats.
GEORGIA
Greensboro will have a military display
to-day Greene and Walton will lock arms
and march side by side.
The acorn crop is the largest ever known
in Georgia. In Banks county the white oak
trees are loaded with them.
The crop of sugar cane in Clarke county
Is very large this year, and the smoke from
evaporators can be seen at every crossroad.
A four-year-old son of Lon Gunter, in
East Athens, was severely burned by falling
into the fire Friday morning, and is in a
critical condition.
j. f. Maddox, of Athens, has just re-
ceived a large lop-eared rabbit from Cana
da. 1t cost him S15. He has a number of
these animals in all colors.
Last Thursday night Mrs. James Horton
and Jesse Thornton, brother and sister, died
in the same home in Union Point, within
two hours of each other Both were aged
and respectable people, well-known i'll
Greene county.
At the bar meeting at Atlanta Saturday
Judge Clark said that he would adjourn
court during the Piedmont Exposition if the
bar desired 1t. Thereupon Reuben Arnold
made a motion to take the sense of the bar,
and the vote was unanimous in favor of ad-
journment. ..
The grand jury of Gwinnett county, last
week, was composed of sixteen Methodists,
six Baptistss, and only one non-professor of
religion. They opened their session with
prayer The Herald says there were more
''no bills" returned by this jury than it re-
members to have seen for years.
Nearly 800 laborers on the eastern extern
sion were brought to Americas Thursday
and paid their months wages. Several
thousand dollars were distributed among
them, and it is safe to estimate that at least
so per cent of the sum total found its way
into the cash drawers of the local mei>
chants.
Small change was an unknown commod-
ity at Americas Saturday, and great incon-
venience both to merchants and customers
alike resulted Dozens of people were run
ming over town in vain attempt to get a
S., $40 or $50 bill changed, and few paid
a premium of 10c. on the dollar for change
of any kind.
Capt George Council one of Sumter's
most energetic and wide-awake farmers,
has already marketed over 200 bales of cot
ton this season, and was complaining Satur-
day because he was afraid of only getting
He runs twenty plows and will make at
least 800 big bales this year, an average of
fifteen to the plow.
The Georgia railroad has run a side track
out to the rock quarry of Mrs. Mutually,
just below the depot, at Sparta, for the pur-
pose of getting rock for the pillars of the
Oconee river bridge. They want 500 car
loads for this and other work. There is no
better granite in the State than is at this
quarry, so experts say
At Macon, Sunday, a negro named Jim
Sims, confined in the barracks in default of
a fine of $50 for drunk and disorderly
and resisting an officer, entertained the
city and police officials with limitations of
the believing of a bull 1t was so perfect
that the Chief of Police was in doubt
whether to include him among the arrests
made by the police or the work done by the
impounding officer.
For some time there has been something
entering the poultry yard of Judge ID. A.
j. Willis at Howard and relieving the
Judge of his poultry at night, very greatly
to his annoyance. Hence it was resolved to
catch the thief, whereupon chase was set
on foot and the result was the capture of
seven large foxes and wild cat weighing
seventeen pounds, measuring three feet from
Tip to tin, and nineteen inches high
Passengers on the Georgia road report
that serious shooting affray occurred at
Rutledge Saturday. The names of the
parties engaged in the affair could not he
learned, but it seems the difficulty grew out
of the sale of some cotton and the weight.
The owner of the cotton was struck down
by the merchant, and when he arose he had
a pistol in his hand and opened fire on his
assailant, firing three shots, one of which
took effect
The Ordinary of Clarke county has ordered
his leyies made for the county for 1897 as
follows: Topay bonded debt %. 90 PEI cent /:
to repair buildings, bridges and fences. Is. OS
per cent. to pay officers fees, 14.31 to pay
Coroner, As; to pay court expenses, 4. n per
cent. jurors, 9.54; to pay expenses of poor,
All; other charges, o. II per cent. Notwith-
standing heavy expenses incurred in build
ing bridges after the floods, the levy is no
greater than last year.
A country negro entered one of the dry
goods stores at Americas Saturday morning
to purchase trunk, and after considerable
parloying with the salesman as to the price
asked, finally shouldered one and left. nav
ing 81 80 therefor. In about an hour he
returned with the trunk, saying that he
had got too much for his money" The
trunk was filed to the top with Mackinaw
straw hats that had been packed in it for
the winter. The contents of the trunk
were worth between s75 and $780,
A young white man with very red face
entered the Office at the police headquarters
OF Atlanta, on Saturday, and asked to be
allowed to see friend, who had been ar
rested by the police and locked up in cell
After he had seen the prisoner he started to
leave, when Capt Couch halted him and
asked few questions, and comparing his
size and features with the description of
Frank b. Freeman, of Arkansas for whose
arrest for murder 800 reward was offered
about two years ago, locked him up
The contest for the Office of Solicitor Gen
eral in the Athens circuit at the expira-
ton of z. t. Browns term will be close
and exciting one. IL is well known that
Hon. r. B. Russell will be a candidate for
the place, and has a strong following at
home and in the Legislature. Mr.. Brown
has also strong friends in many parts of the
State. Hon. A. j.. Mitchell will also be a
candidate, and his friends say he will hold
the balance Of power, and have a fighting
chance of winning. A. J. Cobb win be a
candidate for the House from Clarke.
The Middle Cherokee Baptist Association
was in session at Adairsville last week with
delegates from thirty other churches, who
in their reports, show that denomination
IN their respective places to be in a pro
gressive state, with good work for the mis-
sionary cause. Special sessions were called
for the transaction of business. the reorgani
zation of this Association, with the election
of officers for the ensuing year. Upon a
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